I don't even think this is what he meant, but it is the obvious, if unintended, conclusion from his statement. It was intentionally ridiculous. Field sobriety tests aren't a magic bullet. For some people, they cannot be administered, like the paraplegic I mention. There are circumstances that can cause a sober person to fail, like the person who has suffered a stroke while driving or the person I referenced earlier who becomes ill while driving. Failing a field sobriety test is not necessarily an indication of lack of sobriety, and you can't throw someone in jail just for getting sick at a very bad time.Luke wrote:Wow.Limewater wrote: Wow. Tell that to the paraplegic driver who got his legs blown off serving in the military.
"If you can't stand up to take a field sobriety test, you have no place behind the wheel!" You can't have a guy in a wheel chair stand on one foot, or test his balance while he looks straight up at the sky.
Or tell it to the guy who had a stroke while driving.
"If you were going to have a stroke, you shouldn't have gotten behind the wheel!"
I don't think anyone thinks that is what he meant.
My entire point is simply that field sobriety tests are insufficient in the real world.
